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Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [232]

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England [10]

Finedon, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [9]

Rushden, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [6]

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [5]

Wollaston, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [5]

Bozeat, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [4]

Irchester, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [4]

Raunds, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [4]

Wellingborough Northamptonshire [2]

Wellingborough Northamptonshire [2]

All Saints, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Earls Barton, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Grendon Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Harrowden, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Higham Ferrers, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Irthlingborough, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Mears Ashby, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Orlingbury, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Wellingborough, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire & Bedfordshire [1]

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [30]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Corporal [3]

Rifleman [3]

Gunner [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Serjeant [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting ERA 4th Class [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Commanding Officer [1]

ERA 3rd Class [1]

ERA 4th Class [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Leuitenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Reverend [1]

Sapper [1]

Seaman [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Northamptonshire Regiment [14]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

Army Service Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

British Expeditionary Force [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment) [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

HM Submarine D5 [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Arabis [1]

HMS BENBOW [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Defence [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Kent [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

HMS VALIANT [1]

HMS Victory II [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1]

Kings Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment (Attached to Royal Air Force) [1]

Northumberland Regiment [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS VANGUARD [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS WARSPITE [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

Scots Guards [1]

Somerset Light Infantry [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

Service

Royal Navy [131]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [112]

British Army [40]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [36]

C [33]

W [28]

H [22]

S [21]

L [20]

P [19]

D [16]

M [13]

T [13]

A [12]

G [11]

J [10]

R [8]

E [7]

N [6]

O [6]

F [5]

K [3]

Y [2]

I [1]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [283]

Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

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Place of birth

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [232] Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England [10] Finedon, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [9] Rushden, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [6] Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [5] Wollaston, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [5] Bozeat, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [4] Irchester, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [4] Raunds, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [4] Wellingborough Northamptonshire [2] Wellingborough Northamptonshire [2] All Saints, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1] Earls Barton, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1] Grendon Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1] Harrowden, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1] Higham Ferrers, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1] Irthlingborough, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1] Mears Ashby, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1] Orlingbury, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1] Wellingborough, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Wellingborough, Northamptonshire & Bedfordshire [1] Wellingborough, Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [30] Second Lieutenant [4] Able Seaman [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Corporal [3] Rifleman [3] Gunner [2] Lieutenant [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Sergeant [2] Serjeant [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting ERA 4th Class [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Commanding Officer [1] ERA 3rd Class [1] ERA 4th Class [1] Lance Corporal [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Leuitenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Reverend [1] Sapper [1] Seaman [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Northamptonshire Regiment [14] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] Army Service Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] British Expeditionary Force [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment) [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] HM Submarine D5 [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Arabis [1] HMS BENBOW [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Defence [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Kent [1] HMS Monmouth [1] HMS VALIANT [1] HMS Victory II [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] Kings Royal Rifle Corps [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Northamptonshire Regiment (Attached to Royal Air Force) [1] Northumberland Regiment [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS VANGUARD [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS WARSPITE [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] Scots Guards [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1] South Wales Borderers [1]

Service

Royal Navy [131] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [112] British Army [40] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [36] C [33] W [28] H [22] S [21] L [20] P [19] D [16] M [13] T [13] A [12] G [11] J [10] R [8] E [7] N [6] O [6] F [5] K [3] Y [2] I [1] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [283] Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

Herbert Whitlock

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 25235 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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William George Alexander Coldwell

Born 1893

British Army Temporary Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel Machine Gun Corps

British Army Leuitenant Colonel Northamptonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Commanding Officer Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Frederick Ingram Walden

Born 1888

Died 1949

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219237

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Frank Thomas Blunt

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280617

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Frederick John Courtis

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 204683

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Walter Berrill

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278063

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Alfred James Mallard

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191106

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John Mundin Wilkins

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280061

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Harold Hugh Shelford

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 310005

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Walter Ellingham

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260557

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Joseph Clarence Lee

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295065

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Christopher John Line

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 211673

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Arthur James Allen Edwards

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246194

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Harold Reginald Hornsey

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277594

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Arthur James Frederick Percival

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 17455 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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William Henry Olney

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234569

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Walter James Vivian Spencer

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243718

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Frederick Ernest Warden

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280395

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Charles Benjamin Olney

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294186

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Harold Hill

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 187535

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